REASSIGN OWNED

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REASSIGN OWNED

Changes the ownership of database objects owned by a database role.

Synopsis

REASSIGN OWNED BY old_role [, ...] TO new_role

Description

REASSIGN OWNED reassigns all the objects in the current database that are
owned by old_role to new_role. Note that it does not
change the ownership of the database itself.

Parameters

old_role

The name of a role. The ownership of all the objects in the current database owned by
this role will be reassigned to new_role.

new_role

The name of the role that will be made the new owner of the affected objects.

Notes

REASSIGN OWNED is often used to prepare for the removal of one or more
roles. Because REASSIGN OWNED only affects the objects in the current
database, it is usually necessary to execute this command in each database that contains
objects owned by a role that is to be removed.

The DROP OWNED command is an alternative that drops all the database
objects owned by one or more roles.

The REASSIGN OWNED command does not affect the privileges granted to the
old roles in objects that are not owned by them. Use DROP OWNED to revoke
those privileges.

Examples

Reassign any database objects owned by the role named sally and
bob to admin;